Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-02
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AN ATLANTA JEW ESS ELOPES
WITH A GENTLE.

Conditi<a OF the Convict Csmps-Iu-
suranoe Companies Must Pay Their
Taxes To-Dsy-The New Colonel of
the Sixth Georgia Bsttalion-RsiI-
roads Fighting the New River Line
from Augusta.
ATLANTA, GA, March lie. t. Shu-
pricks assistant keeper OF the penitenti-
airy, to-day submitted his monthly report
70 the Governor OF the February inspection
Of the several convict camps. There is a
marked improvement in the condition
OF the camps on the Macon and Covington
railroad, and the general condition OF the
ether camps, as in the last report, is good.
The percentage OF sickness for the month
Is III. He thinks the action of the Gov
ernor in rewarding, by pardon and COM
mutation, the merirorious conduct OF the
lconvIcts who assisted the officers in quell-
ing the Rising Fawn mutiny has had
beneficial effect on the men.
INSURANCE COMPANY TAXES.
Tomorrow is the last day for insur-
lance companies doing business in the
State to file their annual statement and
pay the company and agents tax and
ilicense fees to continue business. About
isixty companies have complied with the
law, leaving about twenty-five 10 be
Iheard from tomorrow, There is tax OF
$50 ON each agent for each county In
(which he does business. Out of nearly
900 agents in the State 200 have settled
- 1.-The Comptroller. The others, VINO
d0Sre pay tomorrow, will have to sus-
peru business until the tax IS paid.
otherwise they will be liable to indict-
ment and punishment under section 43lO
OF the Code.
Tpas<1overnor to-day commissioned E.
IF. NY First Lieutenant, @. w. Smith
Second Lieutenant. and John A. Miller
Junior Second Lieutenant of the Gov
ernor's Horse Guard OF Atlanta.
The Railroad Commission met today
and is al work on a general revision OF
classifications. The commission will be
hn session all the week.
Ex-Gov. Bishop, OF Ohio, was i'll the city
Today and called at the executive ot1ce.
AN ELoPEMENT.
w. T. Sears, floor walker of John
Eeely's dry goods house, and Dora Bar,
waid, the handsome daughter OF David
Barwald, of this city, eloped this after
noon. They boarded the O'Clock train
FOR Marietta, twenty miles distant, and
when the girPs father heard it he rushed
dranticaily to Chief of Police Connolly
and begged him to have them stopped.
The chief teegraphed to Marietta,
ADu Wueu tn6 reply CAue Ludt tue CouPic
were married. the father almost fell in
faint. He left on u later train to try to
induce his daughter TO renounce her hus-
band. He objects to Sears because he is
a Gentle. Miss Barwsld is Jewess.
The courtshi p has been clandestine and
carried on for some months.
BLACK FoRGER,
Charlie Allen (colored) was arrested by
Che police to-day. He forged the names
of Fl. "a. Hightower and j. j. Duffy,
prominent citiZens, to certain orders
which he got filed at the grocery store of
w. L. Tappan, on Peachtree street, and
the shoe store of GeOfge w. Price, on
Marietta street. He got hams, -four,
butter, sugar, fine shoes, rubbers, Slip
Ipers, and so on. all Of which were found
lat his home in East Atlanta and removed
to the station house.
DEATH OF PROMINENT CITIZEN.
George w. Price, Sr., aged II years,
died to-day OF paralysis. He was one OF
iAtlanta's oldest citizens. He has been
engaged in the shoe business for many
years. He leaves wife and son.
Matte Young (colOred stole about $500
from her husband tonight and took the 8
O'Clock train for Augusta. Young runs a
beef market on Frazer street and Is a
worthy man. Chief Connolly telegraphed
to have the woman arrested and sent
back,